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The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
We need to make a better case against Magic Monetary Theory
Simplistic rebuttals help MMT endure. We need better arguments
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The sleep of reason
Sir Mark Rowley’s forgotten police thriller reveals the assumptions, anxieties and moral universe of Britain’s managerial elite.
The disunited kingdom
The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK
From an entitlement state to an investment state
How to achieve a pro-social and pro-market economy
The Hollywood starlet and the immigration albatross
Free marketeers were too content to ignore the negative externalities of immigration
Averting irrational egalitarianism
How to stop ideological anti-racism damaging our institutions and our country
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
The Islamopopulist march continues
Overshadowed by the Reform and Green surges, the Muslim vote continues a long march through the corridors of power
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
From triple lock to price caps
Opinium polling for The Critic reveals the totemic pension policy has entrenched a politics that demands control over growth
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Critical briefing: local elections
Our political editor explains what to look out for in Thursday’s elections
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Who wants to be a patriotic millionaire?
More taxation will not solve our economic woes
British comedy: a post-mortem
British comedy has become safe, stale and contrived
We need a loud revival
The dream of a “quiet revival” always misunderstood the problem faced by British Christians
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Critical briefing: Belgian Channel crossings
How the geographical spread of Channel crossings has been widening
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge